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US-11665677

Method and apparatus for operating bandwidth part in wireless communication system

PublishedMay 30, 2023
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Technical Abstract

The present disclosure relates to: a communication technique for converging an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. The present invention proposes various communication methods and apparatuses according to changes in bandwidth part in a 5G communication system.

Patent Claims
10 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the information indicating the switching comprises at least one of first configuration information for measuring a radio resource measurement (RRM), second configuration information for setting the second bandwidth part as a default bandwidth part, and third configuration information for setting a bandwidth part to be activated based on a state of power of the terminal.

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4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in case that the difference is longer than the predetermined length and the selected one is the first signal, the one operation is performed by dropping transmission or reception for at least one last symbol among the symbols corresponding to the first signal, on the first bandwidth part, during the retuning time.

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5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first signal is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and the second signal is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

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6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in case that the difference is shorter than or equal to the predetermined length and the selected one is the second signal, the one operation is performed by skipping transmission or reception for at least one front symbol among symbols corresponding to the second signal, on the second bandwidth part, during the retuning time.

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7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second signal is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and the first signal is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

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10. The terminal as claimed in claim 9, wherein the information indicating the switching comprises at least one of first configuration information for measuring a radio resource measurement (RRM), second configuration information for setting the second bandwidth part as a default bandwidth part, and third configuration information for setting a bandwidth part to be activated based on a state of power of the terminal.

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11. The terminal as claimed in claim 8, wherein, in case that the difference is longer than the predetermined length and the selected one is the first signal, the controller is configured to control the transceiver to perform the one operation by dropping transmission or reception for at least one last symbol among the symbols corresponding to the first signal, on the first bandwidth part, during the retuning time.

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12. The terminal as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first signal is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and the second signal is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

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13. The terminal as claimed in claim 8, wherein, in case that the difference is shorter than or equal to the predetermined length and the selected one is the second signal, the controller is configured to control the transceiver to perform the one operation by skipping transmission or reception for at least one front symbol among symbols corresponding to the second signal, on the second bandwidth part, during the retuning time.

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14. The terminal as claimed in claim 13, wherein the second signal is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and the first signal is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

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Filing Date

October 11, 2018

Publication Date

May 30, 2023

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